My poor child.
LAURA. Poor Ken!
BISHOP. We must be strong. And patient. [_Silence._] How did he
learn of this?
LAURA. He quarrelled with Ted and Ted lost his temper and told.
BISHOP. Ted? But how came he to know of it?
LAURA. Oh, I don't know.
BISHOP. Such a nice young man, I always thought. He seemed so ...
LAURA. [_In despair._] What are we to do about Ken?
BISHOP. He blamed me. He said I had betrayed him.
LAURA. [_Impatiently._] How are we to give him back his
self-confidence?
BISHOP. He said I was dishonest.
LAURA. If in some way I could return to him his lovely vanity. When
he had no job, he had no thought of me--none--none....
BISHOP. What is there left for him to believe in, when even I, his
father ...
LAURA. Oh don't! It was my fault. Don't blame yourself. And anyway,
the only thing that matters is Ken. Don't you see?
BISHOP. You're right, my child.
LAURA. He's so crushed! And that despair that shuts me out! Why is
it? Why is it that a woman loves a man most when he has
nothing--and he wants her only when he has everything else? What's
going to happen to us?
BISHOP. Everything will be all right, my child. Kenneth has
suffered a bitter blow to his pride. But he'll sober up and resign
himself to the situation.
LAURA. Resign himself?
BISHOP. We must make him see that that is the only thing to do.
LAURA.
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